MOST URGENT

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INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
KRISHI BHAWAN: NEW DELHI-110 001
F.No.-23-112023-CDN Date: -{o .01.2023

To

All the Directors/ Project Directors/ NRCs/ PDs/ ZPDsl Bureaux/ ATARIs

Sub:- Vehicle Scrapping Policy-Details of Government-Owned Vehicles -resarding.

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has issued a D.O. No. RT-
160111212022-T dated 20.12.2022 (copy enclosed) regarding above subject wherein they have

desired the information in respect of government-owned vehicles along with monthly schedule of
scrapping such vehicles.
In this regard, all Institutes of ICAR are requested to provide the information by return
mail on surnitra*'at.icar,la)sor,.in in the enclosed format (Table-I&Il) in excelformat only to the
Council at earliest, as the information is to be compiled and provided to the Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways (MoRTH).
The matter is time bound and hence required on urgent basis.

Thakur)
Under Secretary (CDN)
Phone number: - 9868220107
Copv to:
1. All DDGs to kindly coordinate with all ICAR Institutes under their respective Division to

ensure that the information is provided by each and every institute.

2. PSO to DG, ICAR/ Sr. PPS to Secretary, ICAR/PPS to FA, ICAR

3. Media Unit for uploading on the ICAR Website.

4. Guard file/ spare copies

' Format for providing details of Government-owned Vehicles

Name of the Institutes/ NRCs/ PDs/ ZPDs/ Bureaux/ ATARIs/KVKs

0 to 15 Years 15 to 20 Years More than 20 Years

On-road Off-road On-road Off-road On-road Off-road

Note- it is also requested to mention the monthy plan of scrapping vehicles older than l5 years.
 Table-II

(A) ON-ROAD VEHTCLE

1 2 J 4 5

Reg. No. Type of Vehicle Date of Purchase Km Running Remark if any

vehicles

Staff Car

Ambulance

Lab Van

Other Vehicle

(B) OFF-ROAD VEHTCLE

1 2 J 4 5

Reg. No. of Type of Vehicle Date of Purchase Km Running Remark if any

vehicles

Staff Car

Ambulance

Lab Van

Other Vehicle
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Voluntary
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has formulated
"Vehicle Scrapping Policy"' This
Vehicle-Fleet Modernization Program (V-VMP) or
road and vehicular
Policy aims to create an eco-System to reduce pollution, improve
vehicle owners' move
safety, improve fuel efficiency, reduce maintenance cost for the
towards circularity and have a bigger multiplier effect on economy'
A network of
Facilities
Automated Testing stations (ATSs) and Registered Vehicle scrapping
(RVSFs) is being established across the country under this Policy.
are older
Z. lt has been decided at the apex level that all Government vehicles which
objectives'
than 15 years shall be condemned and scrapped at RVSFs to achieve Policy
MoRTH, vide GSR g45 (E) dated 24th November 2022, has issued a draft
notification
prohibiting renewal of Certificate of Registration of Government vehicles older than 15
years, *.".f. 1"t April 2A23. All such condemned vehicles are required to be scrapped
through RVSFS.

3. Subsequently, Department of Expenditure has issued an OM dated 9th December

2022 regarding condemnation of such vehicles and their scrapping at RVSFS.

4. MoRTH, vide OM dated 17th December 2022, has proposed a process for
scrapping of such vehicles through e-auction platform developed by M/s Metal Scrap
Trade Corporation Limited (MSTC).

S. ln this regard, Cabinet Secretary will be chairing a meeting on 24th December,

ZO22 at 12 noon. Therefore, it is once again requested to furnish the details of
government-owned vehicles (as per Annexure-l) along with monthly schedule of
scrapping such vehicles latest by 21"t December 2022'

tr4glt Yours sincerely,

W
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( Alka Upadhyaya )

To
The Secretaries of all Ministries/Departments as per list attached.

Room No. 509, Transport Bhawan. 1, Parliament Sbeet, New Delhi-110 001, lndia lal.:91-1't-23714104, Fax: 91-11-23356669
E-mail: secy-road@nic.in Web : http://www. morth.nic.in
 No. RT-23013/8/2022-T
Covernment of lndia
,rtinistry of Road Transport & Highways
Transport section
Transport Bhawan, 1, Partiament Street, New Deahi-1'10001 .+lt
17 Decernber, 2022
OFFICE MEAiIORAN DUA{

Subject: Process for scrapping of Govt vehictes older than 15 years through MSTC Portat - reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to DePartment of Expenditure OM No. 01(18)2022 ' E.

ll (A) dt 09.12.2022 (copy enctosed) and state that votuntary Vehicle Reet Modernization Program
(V-VMP) or'Vehicte Scrapping Poticy' aims to create an eco-system to reduce Pollution, improve
road passengers and vehicutar safety, improve fuel efficiency, reduce maintenance cost for the
yehicl.e owners, move on torrards circutarity and have a bigger muttiptier effect on economy'
Successfut irilptementation of this poticy requires Btablishment of a network of Registered Vehicte
Scrapping Facitities (RVSF5) and Automated Testing Stations (ATSs) across the country.

2. lt that Government vehicles which are otder than 15 years and owned by
has been decided
Government of lndia and its Ministries/ Departments, State/ UT Governments and their
Departments, Local Government institutions, state Transport Undertakings, Pubtic Sector
Undertakings, and Autonomous Bodies with the Governmeflt of lndia and State Covernments shatl
be scrapp€d immediatety in order to achieve policy objectives. ln this regard, irtinistry of Road
Transport and Highways (MoRTH), vide GSR 845(E) dated 24th November 2022, has issued a draft
notification prohibiting renewaI of registration of Government owned vehictes otder than 15 years,
w.e.f. lst Aprit 2023. Al[ condemned vehictes (inctuding vehictes which have been prematurely
condemned) are required to be scrapped through RVSFS.

3. ln order to facititate seamless scrapping of such vehictes, it is proposed that the e-auction
ptatform developed by ,\ etat Scrap Trade Corporation Limited (litSTC) which is a A{lni Ratna
Company.l PSU under the administrative control of Ministry of Stee{, be used to conduct e-auction
of such vehicles. RVSFS which have been commissioned as per provisions of MoRTH Notification
cSR 653 (E) dated 23rd September 2021 shatt onty be attowed to participate in the auction. This
woutd support operations of existing RVSFs by providing them with a base votume of end-of-iife
vehictes and woutd atso encourage private investment in estabtishing new RVSFS,

4. The details of the proposed mechanism for scrapping of Government-orrned vehictes

through e-auction on MSTC portal is provided in Annexure-l. The necessary instructions shatt be
issued to MSTC by Ministry of Steet in this regard.

5. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.

Enc[: As above
ilgaAtof,z
(shashl Bhushai)
Under secretary to the Govemment of lndia
To

1. S€cr€taries of att Union litlnistries and Departments

Z. Chief Secretari6 of att state/ UT Govemments
Copy to:

1. CEO, NlTl Aayog

2. Secretary, Department of Expenditure

 Annexure I

(MSTC)
Uniorl State Government to use portal developed by Metal Scrap Trading Corporation
of condemned
for e-auction of condemned vehicles to RVSF. In order to expedite the scrapping
vehicles, union/ state Governments may directly engage with MSTC
to conduct e-auction' The
provided below:
detailed procedure for e-auction of vehicles through this portal is

l. Union MinistrieslDepartments and State Covernments to share details

of condemned
vehicles (including ,ihi.l" type, model, vintage, image, etc') with MSTC'
valuation of vehicles
Z. Union Vinistrtsb.purt*.ntr and State Covernments to conduct
the resenre price
through valuers appointed by them or empaneled by MSTC and finalize
and tolerance o4
reserye price and
3. Union Ministriesl Departments and State Govemments or MSTC to enter
associated tolerance % into MSTC portal before the launch of e-auction'
etc. and develop
4. MSTC to form e-auction lots based on vehicle details, location of vehicles
containing details of e-auction starting date, list
an e-auction catalog. Auction notification
scrapping is to be done
of vehicles, locatioi, ownership etc. will be sent to RVSFs. Such
(Registration and
in accordance with the pro""bur" as prescribed in Motor Vehicles
Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules 2021'
5. e-Auction is then launched on MSTC portal'
6. prospective bidders would be allowed to conduct on-site inspection of vehicles to assess
catalog to
fair value of the e-auction lot. High quality images may be included in auction
reduce the rd;ire;;nt of physilal inspectioniirce the-RVSFs may
not have enough
capacity to conduct physicai inspection over a short period
of time'
*on"y deposit (END) or Standing Security
7. lnterested biOders to'deposit a p;e-bid eamest
depositing EMD or
Deposil as prescriUea by MST'C, to become eligible for bidding' After
portal.
Standing Security depojit, bidders to submit their bid on MSTC
time. An e-auction is deemed successful if
8. e-Auction i, to Ue cllsed at a predetermined
price or within the tolerance threshold and is
the highest bid value is more than the reserve
of reserve price by the seller' If
cancelled if the highest bid is tower rhan the tolerance 9et
Competent Authority may put up the
an e-auction is cancelled for the first time, then the
on market response. However, if
lot for re-auction after adjusting the reserve price based
MSTC at the reserve price,
the auction is cancelled aiain ti'en the lot.orta U" awarded to
thiswouldbeatthediscretionoftheCompetentAuthority.
9. Auto-generated notification is sent to the highest bidder and the seller'
10. Higheit bidder (RVSF) wouldthen transferihe bid amountto
MSTC via RTGS/hlEFTNet
per e-auetion catalog. MSTC to issue a digitally signed Delivery/sale order
Banking etc. as
upon confirmation of PaYment.
and hand over a 'certificate
I l. Highest uiaoer (Rvsfl [o pict up the vehicles for scrapping
per the process snlifiea in rule
of Deposit, to trriSfC tt rougtt thqVahan RVSF module-as
amendment vide GSR 695
10 sub-rule I of GSR 653 (i) dated 23d September 2021 and its
(E) dated 136 SePtember2022.
per the process.specified in rule l0 sub-
12. De-registration of vehicles to be done by RVSFas
(E)
rute I of csn'Oji iiia""a 23d September 202i and iti amendment vide GSR 695
dated 136 SePtember 2022.
and State Governments
13. MSTC to transfer bid amount tO Union Ministries/Departments
along with the'Certificate of Deposit"
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